<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK
REV="MADE"
HREF="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org"><LINK
REL="HOME"
TITLE="PostgreSQL 9.1.2 Documentation"
HREF="index.html"><LINK
REL="UP"
TITLE="SQL Commands"
HREF="sql-commands.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
TITLE="DROP OPERATOR CLASS"
HREF="sql-dropopclass.html"><LINK
REL="NEXT"
TITLE="DROP OWNED"
HREF="sql-drop-owned.html"><LINK
REL="STYLESHEET"
TYPE="text/css"
HREF="stylesheet.css"><META
HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"
CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><META
NAME="creation"
CONTENT="2011-12-01T22:07:59"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="REFENTRY"
><DIV
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
><TABLE
SUMMARY="Header navigation table"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TH
COLSPAN="5"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="index.html"
>PostgreSQL 9.1.2 Documentation</A
></TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
TITLE="DROP OPERATOR CLASS"
HREF="sql-dropopclass.html"
ACCESSKEY="P"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="sql-commands.html"
ACCESSKEY="U"
>Up</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="60%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom"
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="20%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
><A
TITLE="DROP OWNED"
HREF="sql-drop-owned.html"
ACCESSKEY="N"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
><H1
><A
NAME="SQL-DROPOPFAMILY"
></A
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY</H1
><DIV
CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN70914"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY&nbsp;--&nbsp;remove an operator family</DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN70919"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY [ IF EXISTS ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> USING <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>index_method</I
></TT
> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]</PRE
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN70923"
></A
><H2
>Description</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY</TT
> drops an existing operator family.
   To execute this command you must be the owner of the operator family.
  </P
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY</TT
> includes dropping any operator
   classes contained in the family, but it does not drop any of the operators
   or functions referenced by the family.  If there are any indexes depending
   on operator classes within the family, you will need to specify
   <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CASCADE</TT
> for the drop to complete.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN70930"
></A
><H2
>Parameters</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>IF EXISTS</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      Do not throw an error if the operator family does not exist.
      A notice is issued in this case.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing operator family.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>index_method</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      The name of the index access method the operator family is for.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CASCADE</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      Automatically drop objects that depend on the operator family.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>RESTRICT</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      Refuse to drop the operator family if any objects depend on it.
      This is the default.
     </P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN70958"
></A
><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
>   Remove the B-tree operator family <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>float_ops</TT
>:

</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY float_ops USING btree;</PRE
><P>

   This command will not succeed if there are any existing indexes
   that use operator classes within the family.  Add <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>CASCADE</TT
> to
   drop such indexes along with the operator family.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN70964"
></A
><H2
>Compatibility</H2
><P
>   There is no <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP OPERATOR FAMILY</TT
> statement in the
   SQL standard.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN70968"
></A
><H2
>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="sql-alteropfamily.html"
>ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-createopfamily.html"
>CREATE OPERATOR FAMILY</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-alteropclass.html"
>ALTER OPERATOR CLASS</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-createopclass.html"
>CREATE OPERATOR CLASS</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-dropopclass.html"
>DROP OPERATOR CLASS</A
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
SUMMARY="Footer navigation table"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="sql-dropopclass.html"
ACCESSKEY="P"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="index.html"
ACCESSKEY="H"
>Home</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="sql-drop-owned.html"
ACCESSKEY="N"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
>DROP OPERATOR CLASS</TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="sql-commands.html"
ACCESSKEY="U"
>Up</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
>DROP OWNED</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
>